Kryl All Girl Orchestra Ad – Nov. 10, 1945

Today we have a Lorain Journal ad for the Kryl All Girl Orchestra, which I thought was interesting. Sponsored by the Lorain Lions Club, the group was appearing at the Lorain High School auditorium on November 14, 1945.

The group was under the direction of Bohumir Kryl, who was a renowned Czech bandleader, cornetist and pioneering recording artist.

His All Girl Orchestra seems to have been just one of his many musical endeavors. It featured two of his daughters, one on violin and the other on piano.

According to the archeophone.com website, Kryl formed his all-female symphony group in the 1930s. The website notes that the group played to rave reviews right into the late 1940s.

It’s interesting that the Lions Club brought such a group to Lorain, which at that time was still a working man’s town more likely to support boxing matches held at the Antler’s.

Anyway, the all-female theme of the group seems to have been ahead of its time.

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Want to hear a recording of Bohumir Kryl on the cornet playing variations on Carnival of Venice? (Those of us that played trumpet in our youth remember that tune very well. This version has some tricky double and triple tonguing in it that Kryl handles masterfully.)

Visit the Free Music Archives website here and enjoy!